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Swiss politicians take part in alternative Davos meeting in Brazil

This content was published on Jan 25, 2001 The gathering has been organised to examine alternative answers to the issues being discussed in Davos. Entitled the World Social Forum, the four main themes of the conference are “the production of wealth, access to wealth, boosting the influence of civil society, and political and ethical power for a new society”. The meeting, in the…

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Fewer immigrants choosing to come to Switzerland

This content was published on Jan 23, 2001 The report, entitled “Trends in International Migration”, says that apart from Germany, Switzerland is the only country in Europe where immigration is declining. The report says that although Switzerland has one of the highest foreign populations in the OECD, at 19 per cent, the number of immigrants has been falling steadily since 1991. Germany, the…

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Swiss politicians take part in alternative Davos meeting in Brazil

This content was published on Jan 23, 2001 The gathering has been organised to examine alternative answers to the issues being discussed in Davos. Entitled the World Social Forum, the four main themes of the conference are “the production of wealth, access to wealth, boosting the influence of civil society, and political and ethical power for a new society”. The meeting, in the…

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Top UN refugee official calls Switzerland to increase contribution

This content was published on Jan 22, 2001 The Dutchman, who came into post three weeks ago, said that Switzerland’s annual contribution to the agency, around SFr30 million, had remained the same for the past five years. It was time to raise it, he said. The Swiss foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, said that the country hoped to be able to increase the sum…

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Swiss development agency stresses importance of working with UN

This content was published on Jan 22, 2001 “For months now the UN has been a theme in Swiss domestic politics,” Deza director Walter Fust told the meeting in Bern on Monday. “But for our agency it has been a theme for decades.” Two thirds of the agency’s annual budget of SFr1.1 billion ($670 million) will this year go on direct cooperation between…

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Christian Democrats call for yes vote in referendum on Europe

This content was published on Jan 20, 2001 The party’s decision, which congress delegates took in a 189 to 148 vote on Saturday, came as a surprise to foreign minister and Christian Democrat, Joseph Deiss. But Deiss said the vote showed there was no real divide over Europe between the French and German linguistic communities, but rather between Switzerland’s social classes. Prior to…

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Swiss Army to try out 300-day military service

This content was published on Jan 19, 2001 The pilot is to be launched in the summer and will run until the end of 2002. If successful, the army may decide to continue the scheme. The army presented the new model of military service at a news conference in Bern on Friday. The head of the army, commander Jacques Dousse, said it was…

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Switzerland supports ban on depleted uranium weapons

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 Speaking on Thursday, Leuenberger said that even if the dangers of depleted uranium have not yet been proven, Switzerland “must act and cannot afford to wait”. The government plans to propose an international ban on the use of depleted uranium in weapons at a United Nations conference later this year. The UN is expected to…

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Post Office to slim down and cut jobs

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 The organisation’s chief executive, Ulrich Gygi, said the job cuts would be made in a socially responsible way. He said he hoped the losses would be achieved through natural wastage and that redundancies could be avoided. The number of post offices will fall from 3390 today to between 2500 and 2700 in the year 2005.…

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Government urges no in EU vote

This content was published on Jan 18, 2001 The foreign minister, Joseph Deiss, and the economics minister, Pascal Couchepin, appealed to voters to reject the measure when it comes to a nationwide referendum in March. Deiss said that although the government has made EU membership a long-term objective, the time was not ripe for accession talks. He said that for the time being,…

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